Thread: DHS to pay for legal assistance, ‘cultural orientation’ for illegal immigrants

DHS to pay for legal assistance, ‘cultural orientation’ for illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan Tuesday, August 17, 2021

The Department of Homeland Security announced a new pilot program Tuesday to pay cities, counties and nongovernmental organizations to offer legal services, “cultural orientation,” medical screening and other assistance for illegal immigrants who have been caught and released and are awaiting deportation hearings.

The new “Case Management Pilot Program” was mandated by Congress, the department said, and will be used for migrants who are put into the Alternatives to Detention program, which releases migrants on ankle bracelets, or requires them to make regular check-ins.

The alternatives and case management programs are both favorites with immigrant-rights activists, who argue few, if any, illegal immigrants need to be detained while they await their immigration court proceedings.

“We are excited to partner with nonprofit organizations and local governments on this pilot program to improve services for noncitizens in immigration proceedings,” said  Katherine Culliton-González, who will serve as chair of a new national board for the pilot program.

A previous case management pilot program begun in the Obama administration has been highly touted by immigration activists, who said it had a high rate of compliance for showing up at initial hearings and made the process of deportation easier for those who lost their cases.

The Trump administration ended the program, saying the compliance rate dropped dramatically when it came time to actually be deported, making the program less cost-efficient than the regular detention process.

The new Biden administration program will make money available to local governments and outside organizations for mental health services, human and sex trafficking screening, legal orientation programs, cultural orientation programs and preparations for return for those migrants who are ordered deported.

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Ridiculous. More wasted tax dollars for foreign citizens who should not be here. They are illegal aliens not legal immigrants.

Will the “cultural orientation” include messages about white rage, critical race theory, and other woke thinking. Liberals trying their failed policies.

Getting cities and states to participate in their illegal activities. This is aiding and abetting. Americans against this lawlessness are still paying for their experiments.

DHS is paying for nothing!

The U.S. taxpayers are paying for this.

Defund them all!